After more than 35 years of operation, TBI is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
Factual
2 min read
News round-up: C5 & FilmRise prep prisoner show; Hulu plays country music; Lighthouse & Dog Ears get ‘Stage Struck!’
C5 & FilmRise meet ‘World’s Most Dangerous Prisoners’ Paramount-owned UK comcaster Channel 5 and US-based…
1 min read
Asylum Entertainment re-hires Ben Bitonti & lands ITV America alum Eric Hobermanto
Endeavor’s Asylum Entertainment Group has re-hired Ben Bitonti to become its chief creative office and…
2 min read
Netflix & Disney+ take UK revenues to record $4.9bn, but Pact warns of 2023 downturn
Streaming commissions from Netflix, Disney+ and Apple TV+ helped push TV production revenues in the…
2 min read
Amazon Studios’ UK production chief Frank Murray exits to launch new prodco
Amazon Studios production chief in the UK, Frank Murray, has become the latest exec to…
1 min read
Paramount’s Nicole Clemens & Imagine’s Sara Bernstein join MIA line-up in Rome
Italian production, financing and sales event Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo (MIA) has unveiled the line-up for…
1 min read
NBCU & CBS Studios pause producer deals with talent incl Dwayne Johnson & Lorne Michael
NBCUniversal and CBS Studios have become the latest US majors to pause overall and first-look…
2 min read
Disney & Charter settle pay TV dispute as channels incl Nat Geo Wild & FXX dropped
Disney and Charter Communications have struck a new carriage deal, ending a 10-day blackout but…
2 min read
Plans to cut Made in NSW fund labelled a ‘disaster’ by Screen Producers Australia
Australian producers have labelled plans to cut state funding programs in New South Wales as…
1 min read
Lion TV recruits Paramount UK commissioner Daniel Pearl as creative director
UK factual producer Lion TV has appointed Paramount commissioner Daniel Pearl as its new creative…
1 min read
ITV Studios lands Banijay, Beyond alums as Beth Hart among execs upped in Oz rejig
ITV Studios in Australia has restructured its senior creative and production team, with Beth Hart…
1 min read
Brown Bob hires BBC Studios alum Samantha Rosie to head up Welsh office
UK factual indie Brown Bob Productions has appointed Samantha Rosie as creative director, to head…
1 min read
Tern re-teams with Darren McGarvey for BBC factual series ‘Mind The Gap’
BBC Scotland and BBC Factual have co-commissioned Darren McGarvey – Mind The Gap (working title),…
2 min read
SkyShowtime hires Netflix alum Kai Finke as content chief with Jon Farrar exiting
SkyShowtime has named Netflix alum Kai Finke as its chief content officer, with Jon Farrar…
2 min read
Amazon Studios UK & Northern Europe chief Dan Grabiner exits to launch production outfit
Amazon Studios UK & Northern Europe chief Dan Grabiner is stepping down to launch his…
2 min read
News round-up: Carlsen Verlag & Beta prep ‘Superbikes’; Viaplay enters Greece; Chris Bangle launches prodco
Carlsen Verlag & Beta prep SuperBikes Publisher Carlsen Verlag and Beta Film have linked with…
1 min read
Blue Ant Int’l sales boss Solange Attwood steps down, teases new “creative-focused” role
Solange Attwood is stepping down as EVP of Blue Ant International, the sales arm of…
1 min read
Gucci owner Artémis buys US agency CAA from investment firm TPG
Gucci owner François Henri-Pinault’s Artémis has acquired a majority stake in Creative Artists Agency (CAA)….
2 min read
Roku Channel pulls more than 30 shows including Quibi content as part of cost-cutting strategy
A day after Roku said it would be reviewing its content strategy, more than 30…
1 min read
Lionsgate’s Pilgrim & Sean Perry’s 2500 Media strike unscripted partnership
Lionsgate-owned production firm Pilgrim Media Group has inked an exclusive unscripted deal with Sean Perry’s…
1 min read
BBC Studios hires Drum Studios exec Elanor Lee to lead production at new specialist factual unit
BBC Studios (BBCS) has landed Drum Studios exec Elanor Lee as its head of production…
2 min read
Keshet Int’l recruits Paramount & Armoza execs as sales team expands
Keshet International (KI) has bolstered its distribution arm with the appointment of Paramount’s Elena Antonini…
2 min read
Exclusive: Private equity & trade buyers circle Asacha Media as potential sale explored
Private equity companies and a clutch of trade buyers are understood to be circling Asacha…
1 min read
Antenna Studios CEO Michael Iskas exits Greek production unit
Antenna Studios CEO Michael Iskas is leaving the company, two years after setting up the…
2 min read
Roku to cut 300 staff & pull programming as rising costs continue to bite
Streaming operator and smart TV manufacturer Roku is making further staff cuts, with plans to…
2 min read
Disney & Comcast set Hulu talks for 30 September with $27.5bn valuation set to rise
Hulu’s future could be decided sooner than had been previously thought, after Comcast CEO Brian…
1 min read
UK indie Middlechild adds ‘Coastguard’ producer Gursharan Singh Nijjar as head of factual
UK unscripted indie Middlechild Productions has appointed Gursharan Singh Nijjar as head of factual. He…
1 min read
‘Ginny & Georgia’ outfit Critical Content lands Dorsey exec amid development rejig
Critical Content, the US prodco behind Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia and MTV’s Catfish, has hired…
2 min read
News round-up: OUTtv renews ‘Sew Fierce’; Banijay Kids & Family strikes digital deal; Nexstar & Fox extend affiliation deals
OUTtv renews ‘Sew Fierce’ LGBTQ+ TV and streaming service OUTtv has renewed competition series Sew…
1 min read
Canada’s Super Channel ups comms chief Kim Ball to content boss, replacing retiring Jackie Pardy
Super Channel in Canada has named its chief communications officer Kimberley Ball to replace chief…
1 min read
Israel’s Reshet13 strikes co-pro & co-financing pact with ‘Devil’s Confession’ firm Sipur
Israeli broadcaster Reshet13 and Tel Aviv-based studio Sipur have struck a multi-year co-financing and co-production…